[gc] Forum Topics

Hi, I am working on a module that uses a lot of object creation (by lot i mean, really lots). So for obvious reasons i have seen Out of Memory exceptions. Now although the objects are being created are too many they go out of scope quickly as well. So …

I'm currently reading about the JVM and how garbage collection works found here: http://www.oracle.com/webfolder/technetwork/tutorials/obe/java/gc01/index.html It discusses both the Mark and Sweep and the Generational garbage collection concepts. After reading through this tutorial, I'm confused on which garbage collection process the JVM actually uses. The whole time, I thought the JVM …